
Recently, the Los Angeles Times exposed that special interest groups representing certain “business” interests in Sacramento have put serious pressure on the California Republican Party not to fund the potential candidacy of Assembly Republican Leader Kristin Olsen in a bid against incumbent State Senator Kathleen Galgiani, a Democrat.
by Jon Fleischman30 Nov 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

This weekend the Tea Party California Caucus held it’s popular dinner event at the semi-annual California Republican Party Convention drawing activists from around the state to Anaheim to share ideas and listen to radio host Larry Elder, Assembly Member Melissa Melendez, and a variety of other Tea Party leaders.
by Michelle Moons21 Sep 2015, 6:15 PM PST0

On Sunday, roughly one thousand delegates to the California Republican Party’s semi-annual convention adopted the party’s new platform, which drops the term “illegal alien.”
by Jon Fleischman21 Sep 2015, 6:04 AM PST0

After 2016 presidential candidate Scott Walker backed out of a scheduled speech at this weekend’s California Republican Party (CRP) Convention in Anaheim, California, former Ambassador John Bolton stepped in to fill the gap.
by Michelle Moons15 Sep 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

Early Saturday morning, after midnight, the California legislature ended its regular session, and two special sessions. Despite an immense amount of pressure on them from the Governor, their Democrat colleagues, and powerful special interests – Republicans held the line and successfully
by Jon Fleischman12 Sep 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

Republicans in Sacramento will face a key decision on taxes–and a choice about whether state Democrats go into 2016 on defense for not funding infrastructure needs, or whether Democrats score the double win: billions in new taxes and a fractured GOP, ready to be slaughtered in 2006.
by Jon Fleischman13 Aug 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

Once again, the Republican Party of California faces a fight over the planks of the party platform regarding social issues.
by Michelle Moons29 Jul 2015, 7:43 AM PST0

Looking back at the Republican victory in California’s 2018 gubernatorial election, we can see that the roots of the GOP sweep in Sacramento are traceable to the events of April 2015. It was then that the Democrats’ romance with Big Green Austerity Politics became a fatal embrace.
by James P. Pinkerton7 Apr 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

In a little-noticed move this week, California State Assembly Minority Leader Kristin Olsen, completed a purge of “conservative” policy staffers. The dramatic reversal—in both function and ideology of the Assembly Republican Caucus—mirrors the California GOP’s leftward shift, which has eschewed social conservatives as a “fringe” element.
by Assemblyman Tim Donnelly27 Mar 2015, 12:37 PM PST0

While the largest gathering of conservative Republicans was taking place at the Conservative Political Action Committee (CPAC) near our nation’s Capitol, roughly 1300 delegates and guests gathered at the Sacramento convention center, across the street from the California State Capitol. for the biennial organizing convention of the California Republican Party.
by Jon Fleischman2 Mar 2015, 5:21 AM PST0

By a vote of 861 to 293, the Log Cabin Republicans, a group representing lesbian, bisexual, gay, and trangender (LGBT) Republicans, were approved as a charter organization of the California Republican Party Sunday at the close of the weekend convention in Sacramento.
by Michelle Moons1 Mar 2015, 6:15 PM PST0

Tom Del Beccaro, former Chairman of the California Republican Party, announced he is considering a bid Friday for the Senate seat of outgoing Democrat Sen. Barbara Boxer. In a statement, Del Beccaro said Boxer’s upcoming retirement provides the state with
by Daniel Nussbaum10 Jan 2015, 5:46 PM PST0